Alexandre SEON (Chazelles-sur-Lyon, 1855 - Paris, 1917) MATER DEI Oil on canvas, with curved view (Original canvas) Titled 'MATER. DEI.' upper left and signed 'ALEX. SEON.' upper right Bears the labels 'Christlische (...) / Düsseldorf 1909 / 1444' and 'PARIS. / 3308 / Dusseldorf' on the back Mater Dei, oil on canvas, signed, by A .Seon 31.30 x 15.75 in. 79.5 x 40.0 cm Exhibitions : Salon de la Société nationale des Beaux-Arts de 1906, Paris, n° 1106 1908 Salon des Indépendants, Paris, n° 5548 Ausstellung für Christliche Kunst, Düsseldorf, Kunstpalast, 1909, no 813 Salon de la Rosace de 1911, Paris, n° 26 Bibliography: Jean-David Jumeau-Lafond, Alexandre Séon (1855-1917). La Beauté idéale, cat. exp. Quimper et Valence, 2015-2016, p. 144. Our painting is a study for one of the three monumental paintings adorning the doorways of the chapel at the Château de l'Orfrasière in Nouzilly (Indre-et-Loire). This commission from Countess Robert de Wendel, née Marie-Antoinette de Gramedo (1850-1917) was an opportunity for Alexandre Séon to combine his talent with a hitherto unexplored Christian iconography. In addition to the Mater Dei, the artist has created representations of a crucified Jesus and an Ave Maria, as well as a Way of the Cross in fourteen small stained glass windows. Alexandre SEON (Chazelles-sur-Lyon, 1855 - Paris, 1917) 79.5 x 40.0 cm Our painting is a study for one of the three monumental paintings adorning the doorways of the chapel at the Château de l'Orfrasière in Nouzilly (Indre-et-Loire). This commission from Countess Marthe Robert de Wendel (1825-1908) was an opportunity for Alexandre Séon to combine his talent with a hitherto unexplored Christian iconography. In addition to the Mater Dei, the artist created representations of a crucified Jesus and an Ave Maria, as well as a Way of the Cross spread over fourteen small stained glass windows.